Oana Panaïté

Department Chair

Ruth N. Halls Professor of French and Francophone Studies

• opanaite@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-1134
• Global and International Studies Building 3176

Professor Panaïté became head of the department on January 1, 2020. The chair provides academic guidance, communicates with the dean’s office, and makes important departmental faculty appointments such as the directors of graduate study and the directors of undergraduate study. The chair’s role is to conceive and encourage scholarly and pedagogical projects that make the department a leader in the university and in the department's three academic disciplines, as well as to ensure its effective administration.

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Barbara Vance

Director of Undergraduate Studies, French

Undergraduate Advising, French

Associate Professor, French and Italian

Associate Professor, Linguistics

• bvance@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-2702
• Global and International Studies Building 3171

Contact Professor Vance for advice on French courses, declaring a major or minor, Certificate in Global French, and transferring French credits from study abroad or from another university.

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Colleen Ryan

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Italian

Professor, French and Italian

• ryancm@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-1249
• Global and International Studies 3165

Contact Professor Ryan for advice on Italian courses, declaring a major or minor, and other inquiries.

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Marco Arnaudo

Director of Graduate Studies, Italian

Professor, French and Italian

Adjunct Professor, Media School

• marnaudo@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-7812
• Global and International Studies Building 3166

Alison Calhoun

Director of Graduate French and Francophone Studies

Associate Professor, French and Italian

Adjunct Associate Professor, Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance

• abcalhou@indiana.edu
• (812) 856-6731
• Global and International Studies Building 3159

Kevin Rottet

Director of Graduate Studies, French Linguistics

Associate Professor, French and Italian

Adjunct Associate Professor, Linguistics

• krottet@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-6164
• Global and International Studies Building 3161

Kelly Kasper-Cushman

Acting Director of Language Instruction, French

Visiting Lecturer, French

• kmkasper@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-7538
• Global and International Studies Building 3152

Karolina Serafin

Director of Language Instruction, Italian

Senior Lecturer, French and Italian

• kserafin@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-1089
• Global and International Studies Building 3168